"it's your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you." rumi

home free

As a teenager, I worked with my grandfather on his farm. One of his hired hands, Bill, several years older than me, was a simple sort of fellow with a wisdom far beyond his age. When someone asked Bill how he was doing today, he always replied, “Pretty danged froggy. Better than I deserve to be.”

Isn’t that true for most of us in recovery? We haven’t won awards for civic accomplishments, we failed in our relationships, and we certainly missed the “citizen of the year” bus. But, for reasons beyond our understanding, grace and mercy were extended to us, we latched on to a miracle, and our lives were transformed.

“Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now I’m found
Was blind, but now I see.”

My New Year’s Resolutions

To procrastinate as much as possible in doing the things that other people think I ought to do.

To eat as much ice cream as I want today because in today’s social turmoil tomorrow could see dairy cows going on strike.

To rest my muscles and watch TV from my recliner more frequently because the latest scientific studies prove that the theory of exercise is a conspiratorial hoax promoted by 1) Democrats, 2) Republicans, 3) Independents, 4)Libertarians, 5) idiots, 6) all of the above.